I volunteer as tech support for a small organization. For years we relied on Ubuntu on our desktops, but the users didn't like it when Ubuntu switched to the Unity interface. This article tells about our search for a replacement and why we decided on Xfce running atop Linux Mint.

It most certainly is not. Whatever happened there, I can't easily believe it's LMint's fault. Been using it for 3 versions now at work in VBox, never seen anything like that happening.

That's what I suspected. And to be honest, I wouldn't have minded if he was honest about the fact that he was running non-standard config - as he could still have made a valid argument about usability. But to run a bespoke set up and then moan about how default Mint installs are broken is just deceptive.